If by "at times" you mean all the time, then yes. There are a lot of things I dislike about Steam. There are many elements of poor or inefficient design in its interface, it behaves erratically far too often, it will never give you accurate data and estimates about your download speeds and times,

I think everyone has those same problems, regardless of their connection speed. I guess i have just become desensitized to them.

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Since we're on the subject, here's my list of favorite games of all time:

HarbingerDawn, we should cross our swords on the battlenet smile (If ping will be good).

I haven't been able to get a battlenet game going on SC in years (always says too high latency). The only reliable way to play starcraft these days is either physical LAN or VPN. But I'd be willing to try battlenet anyway, I have a few friends that love to play too

Btw, HarbingerDawn, I remember you saying that you like aviation and war history. (Correct me, if i'm wrong.) If so, you really should check IL-2 Sturmovik out. It's one fantastic flying sim. You can get it from Steam for 10€.

I haven't been able to get a battlenet game going on SC in years (always says too high latency). The only reliable way to play starcraft these days is either physical LAN or VPN. But I'd be willing to try battlenet anyway, I have a few friends that love to play too

I sometimes play SC with my friend from Moscow using Hamachi for VPN.

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I've been wanting a new flight sim for a long time

IL-2 Sturmovik is not a new game, I hear about it back to 2001. "Sturmovik" means "attack plane".

I loved all the Zelda games on the N64 and Gamecube, especially Ocarina of Time (because it was new) and Wind Waker (because I adored the anime style and expansive world). I get misty-eyed whenever I hear Zelda songs on the internet, I seek them out every few months just to feel that wonder again.

My kids and I played through them all together, and cried at every ending.